Originally Posted by PornMD

Wrong. A website lives in:

- The country it is hosted
- The country the registrar is based out of
- The country the registry is based out of (this is not as important YET but keep in mind all domain registrations of an extension are ultimately OWNED by the registry...the registrar and registrant are both simply leasing it)

AND...its visitors live in the countries they live in and go through an ISP which is based out of the country it's based out of...so ultimately what, 5 steps from visitor to site where a country's laws can come into play?

If one of those countries happens to be the US and that website happens to be doing something that's illegal in the US, they are going to stop it. Easy fix, don't host in the US, or register the domain in a US-based registrar, and for extra protection, register it in an extension owned by an offshore company or controlled by a country that simply doesn't give a shit. And even at that, the US government could still possibly do something to have the site blocked to US visitors.

But hey, forget it...let's just give everything away for free to everyone. Then lets watch companies crumble 1 by 1 until entire industries crumble, and all you'll have left is old deteriorating shit which will eventually stop working, and we'll be telling our kids/grandchildren how easy life used to be.